Covid-19 press conferences cancelled amid talk of minister testing positive


PUTRAJAYA: The government has cancelled two Covid-19 press conferences amid speculation that a minister has been infected with the coronavirus.

The press conferences, one by Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pic) and the other by Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, were supposed to be at 2pm and 5.30pm respectively.

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